In Baghdad during the reign of Caliph Haroun Al- Rashid, there lived a poor porter named Hindbad. He worked from morning to night carrying heavy loads all over the city.One day he stopped, exhausted and perspiring, in a very prosperous part of the city, and put his load down for a while to rest. He saw […]
In the ancient Sassanian empire, there was a great king who was known for his wisdom and strength, for his great armies and his courage as a warrior. His influence extended from Persia to China. He had two sons, Shahriyar and Shahzaman. Both the princes were courageous, wise and brave. Shahriyar inherited his father’s throne
The chocolate factory was just outside the town. It made the best chocolates in the world! ‘I wish I could get the chance to go inside it, just once!’ thought Sade, wistfully.The next day, there was a letter in the mail for Sade. ‘Who could be sending me a letter?’ she wondered as she tore
Two cats were very hungry. Then, they found a piece of bread. Both staked claim over it. One of the cats grabbed it.The other suggested, “Let us share it equally.”The first cat was smart. She wanted to eat the whole piece. So, she disagreed.The two quarrelled over it. Just then, a monkey happened to come
Anabelle was a sad child. She did not have any friends. Due to this reason, her parents moved to another city, in the hope that she might make new friends in a new place.Her family moved to a huge house, which had four rooms downstairs and a huge attic upstairs. The day they arrived, Anabelle
It had been a very scary night for Nina. She had got stuck in a computer game and the only way out was by winning it.Nina said a prayer of thanks! She would not have made it out of the game if the squirrel had not told her how to win. She wondered who the
Nina used to love playing games with her friends on the street and in the park. But it was not so. Now, she remained sitting inside her room, playing video games all the time.“Nina, your friends are waiting for you!”“Nina, go out and play for some time!”However hard her parents tried, Nina never stopped playing
It was, no doubt, a loud noise that made the dog wake up. He pricked up his ears straight and pointed sharply towards the sound and again went to sleep.The owner’s another pet, the donkey, noticed it and said in an amazed tone, “Why don’t you bark? I am sure there are thieves.”“You had better
Jakob was a naughty boy. He always looked for a reason to trouble others or play pranks on them.It was a cold snowy winter. Jakob loved playing in the snow and throwing snowballs at his friends. He would make the biggest and heaviest snowballs and throw them hard at his friends. Many times his friends
Leah was not excited to go back to school after vacation. She did not have any summer vacation stories to exchange with her friends. That was why she could not even sleep much last night! Now, she was going to get late to school, on her first day after vacation!‘This is not good!’ she said
Soh Li wanted to meet her grandmother, who lived high up in the Himalayas. It was a very long journey to reach her house. But Soh Li was adamant to meet grandma.So, the day her school closed for vacation, she left immediately. It was a long journey. Soh Li had to go by air first,
It was a beautiful day. Patricia and Olive were swimming in the river.“Let’s see who can stay underwater the longest,” said Patricia. Olive knew she could not win, but they both dived in, nevertheless.A little while later, Olive came up to breathe in air. ‘Where is Patricia?’ she wondered, when she did not see her
“Gogi! Gogi!” Suzanne yelled out frantically, but Gogi, her pup, was nowhere to be seen!Searching for Gogi, Suzanne did not even realise when she had entered the ‘monster-forest’. Now, the ‘monster-forest’ was not a good place for children. The monsters of the forest were known to take away children who strayed into the forest, and
In a town, a house was under construction. Wood was also being used.One day, a carpenter was sawing a log to split it in two parts. Noon arrived but the log could not be fully sawn.It was lunch hour of the workers.The carpenter also suspended his sawing task for the break. He put a wedge
Tara’s room was a mess! She would start a task and then midway realise that she had to do something else. Immediately, she would move on to the next thing. She was unable to finish any task till the end!The result was that there was always a pile of dirty laundry on the floor. Her